For decades, diagnosis of brain cancer has been medicine’s most difficult and hazardous challenge. Simple imaging such as MRI ...

Emory researchers discovered blood changes that could allow Alzheimer’s to be detected years before symptoms appear.

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long ...

A less invasive test for Alzheimer’s is a big advance. But it’s not perfect and is not meant to screen healthy people.

A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patients with brain cancer, new research suggests. The test can measure the level of cancer ...

It wasn't that long ago that the only way to test for Alzheimer's disease was to perform an autopsy on someone who had been suffering from dementia to look for the telltale tangles of tau and amyloid ...

A novel, multi-analyte test developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Ludwig Center and the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery can accurately identify brain cancers ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here in Central Florida. The patient, a young boy, died earlier ...

A simple blood test measuring neurofilament light chain, or NfL levels, may help predict the risk of developing brain ...

Behold, the human brain: Often compared to a computer, the body's most complex organ operates using a code of electrical and chemical signals. These signals transmit through wires, nodes and networks ...